Blog Posts From Lates Tagged With wild_photoshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours
Find out what will be happening at Lates - the late night opening of the Museum on the last Friday of (almost) every month.Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:06:46 GMTJive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/)2012-10-24T16:06:46ZFirst chance to see world-class wildlife photos at Lateshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2012/10/24/photography-singing-camping-and-crazy-artists--all-this-and-more-at-this-weeks-lates
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:2c343874-eb4b-43f9-90d3-bb04a9996b07] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>So summer&rsquo;s definitely over, but autumn brings with it our spectacular Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>This Friday 26 October's <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/lates-master-card/index.html">Lates with MasterCard</a> is the first late opening of the exhibition and what an exhibition it is! If you haven&rsquo;t had a peek at the line-up of winning images, you can do so on our <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/onlineGallery.do">online gallery</a> but there&rsquo;s nothing quite like seeing the full show so make sure you get your tickets early for this Friday if you&rsquo;re planning on coming along.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2704-42710/nhm-vewpy2012-nicklen.jpg"><img alt="nhm-vewpy2012-nicklen.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="299" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2704-42710/450-299/nhm-vewpy2012-nicklen.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="450"/></a></p><h5 style="text-align: center;">Paul Nicklen's Bubble-jetting emperors is the <span class="copyright">Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner.</span> Get up close to this and 99 other prize-winning photographs in the exhibition open late on Friday evening.</h5><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>This month we&rsquo;re bringing back our increasingly popular <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/lates-master-card/open-mic-lates/index.html">Open-mic</a> in the Central Hall and we&rsquo;ve got 11 awesome performers. They&rsquo;ll be playing from 7pm until 10.30pm and we&rsquo;ve got a fantastic mix of artists. With everything from country to rock and pop it&rsquo;s bound to be a great night. Get a taste of one of the performers, <strong>Marie Naffah</strong>, <strong>in this video</strong>, and see some of the other performers' videos at the end of this blog.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><center><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i4ew-xjCuT4?wmode=transparent" width="425">
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With film screenings in campervans, human-sized cabinets where you can label yourself a specimen and a real polar tent in the mix, you can have yourself an indoor-outdoor adventure in the Darwin Centre. 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I managed to extract Grant from the avalanche of tender applications he is currently working his way through for other exhibitions for 2011, so he could tell me a bit more about this year&rsquo;s exhibition and how we are working to make Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer environmentally sustainable. Here's what he has to say:</p><p><br/>&#8216;The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is one of the Museum&rsquo;s most popular events, and it&rsquo;s definitely the longest running exhibition at the Museum. It attracted over 130,000 visitors last year, and people have been returning for over 20 years to see it.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>'Last year, the exhibition moved from the Jerwood gallery into the Waterhouse gallery. We re-designed the exhibition for this and built it with the latest technology, sustainability and flexibility in mind. This year, we've used the same 2009 gallery framework with some improvements and a different fabric.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>&#8216;This large structural framework guides the visitor through the central space of the exhibition, opening up individual, gallery-like rooms and culminating in a striking black monolith which dramatically displays the winning photographs (shown above) from the 2010 competition.&rsquo;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1514-9310/Inside-panels-vewpy-2010.jpg"><img alt="Inside-panels-vewpy-2010.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="227" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1514-9310/331-227/Inside-panels-vewpy-2010.jpg" style="float: right;" width="331"/></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>The exhibition's support <strong>framework is made from aluminium</strong> - shown right, before the fabric was applied. This metal is lightweight, reusable, strong and hard-wearing. At the end of its intended 5-6 year life, the aluminium structure will be recycled into new aluminium stock.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Sustainability has become an important aspect in planning our exhibitions, Grant explains:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>&#8216;Historically before 2009 the exhibition photographs were shown on fluorescence tube light boxes. These have now been recycled, and the images hang this year on slim, almost invisible LED light panels, which provide a 40 per cent reduction in power consumption. These LED strips have life-cycles of approximately 100,000 hours.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>'We've applied the same philosophy of sustainability to other elements of the exhibition such as the furniture and the photographic film and cinematic equipment &ndash; we reused all equipment where possible. A specialist print company was selected for their extremely high quality of reproduction. The film transparencies will be recycled and the chemicals embodied in the film will be extracted and recycled by a specialist company.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>'For the first time in the exhibition's history, we are planning to measure all the power consumption and benchmark the 2010 exhibition to measure it against future ones. We hope to continue to present a high quality photographic exhibition with the same sustainable materials, while subtly renovating the overall aesthetic each year.&rsquo;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>The Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 exhibition closes earlier than usual this year on 11 March. So be sure to catch while you can. Enjoy it next year at 2 more After Hours on 28 January and 25 February.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:9e7332fe-2d06-405b-ba90-ed6cea8dfa6c] -->wild_photosmuseum_latesveolia_environnement_wildlife_photographer_of_the_yearnature_imagesbbc_wildphotoFri, 26 Nov 2010 11:29:23 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/11/26/last-chance-this-year-to-see-our-stunning-wildlife-photos-after-hoursLaura Harmour2010-11-26T11:29:23Z6 years, 2 weeks ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/comment/last-chance-this-year-to-see-our-stunning-wildlife-photos-after-hourshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/feeds/comments?blogPost=1514Last night to visit the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 exhibitionhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/03/24/last-night-to-visit-the-veolia-environnement-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2009-exhibition
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:614cf85e-ab8a-4ac3-b6c7-5e7122f892d8] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1224-1775/wpy-after-hours-panel-images.jpg"><img alt="wpy-after-hours-panel-images.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="399" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1224-1775/253-399/wpy-after-hours-panel-images.jpg" style="float: left;" width="253"/></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;FS Ingrid&amp;quot;"></span>Coming around faster than I&rsquo;d have thought possible, we are now approaching the last in this season&rsquo;s late night openings of Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year and the Darwin Centre. It&rsquo;s been an excellent if short run of After Hours this time around, and we are very pleased with the very good numbers we have been getting.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p class="MsoNormal">People seem to engage very deeply with the wildlife photographs in the exhibition, which is wonderful to see, because they are engaging with nature in its myriad forms, as well as the photographic skills on display. Pictured left is the exhibition's wall display of 1000s of wildlife competition images, closely studied by an After Hours visitor. Visit our <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/index.html">After Hours web page to book for the exhibiton.</a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p class="MsoNormal">At this Friday&rsquo;s After Hours on 26 March, we welcome Ludo Graham, the executive producer of BBC Two&rsquo;s Museum of Life series about the Museum, who is giving a talk with film clips in the Attenborough Studio about the making of the series. Find out about the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/museum-of-life-producer/index.html">After Hours BBC tallk with Museum of Life executive producer</a> on our website.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1224-1776/after-hours-bar-climate-change-wall.jpg"><img alt="after-hours-bar-climate-change-wall.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="140" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1224-1776/212-140/after-hours-bar-climate-change-wall.jpg" style="float: right;" width="212"/></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p class="MsoNormal">Our feisty arachnid curator Jan Beccaloni is back for another stint in the Darwin Centre's specimen preparation lab. She'll be there with some of her beloved specimens between 18.30 and&#160; 21.30 approximately.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Darwin Centre bar will also be open again, as well as the Central Hall and Fossil Way bars.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p class="MsoNormal">And the great news is that although After Hours is finishing its winter season on Friday, it'll be back in the summer. So watch out for more updates in my blog and on the website.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:614cf85e-ab8a-4ac3-b6c7-5e7122f892d8] -->biodiversityattenborough_studioveolia_environnement_wildlife_photographer_of_the_year_2009wild_photosmuseum_latesbbc_talkWed, 24 Mar 2010 14:30:33 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/03/24/last-night-to-visit-the-veolia-environnement-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2009-exhibitionLaura Harmour2010-03-24T14:30:33Z6 years, 8 months ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/comment/last-night-to-visit-the-veolia-environnement-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2009-exhibitionhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/feeds/comments?blogPost=1224Big crowds at January's After Hours events... and the biggest tarantulahttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/02/09/big-crowds-at-januarys-after-hours-events-and-the-biggest-tarantula
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:0bd6daad-0932-4b5a-a358-97c4177b0d2f] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1161-1476/after-hours-wpy-wall.jpg"><img alt="after-hours-wpy-wall.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="317" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1161-1476/450-317/after-hours-wpy-wall.jpg" width="450"/></a></p><h5>Late-night visitors wowed by the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition</h5><p><span>We had the biggest turn-out for Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year at <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/index.html">After Hours</a> so far this season on 29 January, and as many people went to visit the Darwin Centre<strong> </strong>on the night. All of which was great to see.</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1161-1477/after-hours-renouf-talk-as.jpg"><img alt="after-hours-renouf-talk-as.jpg" class="jive-image" height="194" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1161-1477/319-194/after-hours-renouf-talk-as.jpg" style="float: left;" width="319"/></a><span>At his sell-out event in the Darwin Centre's Attenborough Studio (left), Jonathan Renouf, series producer of BBC Two's illuminating </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qclqx">How the Earth Made Us</a><span> gave us a diverting account of the making of the 5-episode series. It's about how our human history has been shaped and developed by the planet&rsquo;s elementary forces.</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>The footage Jonathan showed included arresting film from the &#8216;Fire&rsquo; episode with the likeable and enthusiastic presenter, geologist Iain Stewart, in a special fire-proof suit walking through a wall of orange fire. Jonathan told us how, out of shot, a horde of firemen and fire equipment stood ready to douse Iain as he walked through the flames - it being particularly dangerous if he fell over. His fire-protective suit was so heavy, he&rsquo;d have been unable to right himself. Other fascinating shots were those from &#8216;Wind&rsquo; taken from the peak of Mt Connor in central Australia, which pulled right up to the atmosphere to show the immense wind forces that circulate the mountain. He also told his fascinated audience how a succession of shots were taken by helicopter and then stitched in with satellite images. And how, if you looked very carefully, you could see the join! I&rsquo;ve looked several times at these shots on BBC iplayer and I still can&rsquo;t see it. The film clips worked brilliantly in the studio as they are so immersive. Jonathan also brought along a nice surprise for us - some very amusing outtakes from the series, which the audience loved.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1161-1478/affer-hours-climatecchange-wall-600.jpg"><img alt="affer-hours-climatecchange-wall-600.jpg" class="jive-image" height="229" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1161-1478/335-229/affer-hours-climatecchange-wall-600.jpg" style="float: right;" width="335"/></a>Other <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/darwin-centre-visitors/index.html">Darwin Centre </a>hotspots included the Climate Change Wall (right) just outside the Attenborough Studio. And up in <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/darwin-centre-visitors/cocoon-highlights-sldies/index.html">Cocoon</a>, another great communicator, our entertaining curator of arachnids, Jan Beccaloni, attracted quite a crowd in front of the glass-fronted specimen preparation area. It was great to see people engaging so enthusiastically with science on a Friday night out. Showing the public our behind-the-scenes science is of course one of the driving factors behind the Darwin Centre, but that people are doing this as an evening-out experience is really fantastic.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Explaining that she was behind glass because of pest control requirements, Jan was working on British arachnid specimens destined for the new Angela Marmont Centre. She had, as promised, also brought along an example of the world&rsquo;s biggest spider, as well as a black widow and a scorpion. &#8216;I feel I may have erred in not pointing out these are not British,&rsquo; said Jan jocularly, as her audience measured up mentally the <strong>goliath bird-eating tarantula</strong> in the large specimen jar beside her.</p><p><strong><br/></strong></p><p>There are only two more late openings of<strong> </strong><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp">Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year</a> this season on 26 February and 26 March. So do book your tickets well in advance to avoid disappointment if you want to see this year&rsquo;s competition winners after hours.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:0bd6daad-0932-4b5a-a358-97c4177b0d2f] -->darwin_centreveolia_environnement_wildlife_photographer_of_the_year_2009wild_photoscentral_hallmuseum_latesnights_at_the_museumafter_hoursbehind_the_scene_sciencedarwin_centre_cocoonmeet_the_bbc_producer_series_talksTue, 09 Feb 2010 13:45:46 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/02/09/big-crowds-at-januarys-after-hours-events-and-the-biggest-tarantulaLaura Harmour2010-02-09T13:45:46Z6 years, 10 months ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/comment/big-crowds-at-januarys-after-hours-events-and-the-biggest-tarantulahttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/feeds/comments?blogPost=1161